New Jersey

A male corrections officer at a troubled state prison in Hunterdon County faces charges in connection with the sexual assault of a female inmate. The governor, who had already promised to close the prison, called the allegations "disgusting."

Kader Mustafa was convicted of murder in the 2018 death of Sciasia Calhoun along Route 33 in Freehold. Authorities say Mustafa randomly targeted Calhoun, who was in a car with her boyfriend and 1-year-old daughter.

New Jersey's two major-party candidates for governor sketched sharply different visions for where they want to carry the state at their final debate. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy says New Jersey will veer away from public-sector investments in education, transit and a host of other areas under a GOP governor. Republican Jack Ciattarelli says another four years of Murphy's administration will lead to more crushing taxes and unaffordability.

New Jersey has awarded a contract for a new rail bridge to New York, a major milestone after years of delay, New Jersey Transit announced Tuesday.

The Learning Community Charter School in Jersey City usually has Columbus Day off. But this year, all kids in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade learned not about the mythology of Christopher Columbus but the reality of Lenape tribes living in the New York-New Jersey area centuries ago.

Terry Glebocki has resigned as CEO of Atlantic City's Ocean Casino Resort. The casino did not give a reason for 's departure, which was announced to staff Monday morning. Glebocki helped Ocean, the casino formerly known as Revel, return to profitability, turning around a situation in which the business had been losing money for years.

Prosecutors say a new murder-for-hire accusation against a New Jersey man in the death of his father two years ago could result in a life sentence without possibility of parole.

The South Orange-Maplewood School District is investigating a second-grade student's claim that her teacher pulled off her hijab in class.

Authorities say a New Jersey man killed his then-girlfriend's three Chihuahuas and a ferret over the course of their relationship, which lasted about a year.

Gunfire in the parking lot of a New Jersey Walmart has claimed the life of a teenager and left his father wounded.

A New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women was sentenced to 160 years in prison after a trial in which it was revealed that friends of one victim did their own detective work on social media to ferret out the suspect.

New Jersey should drop a plan to double the amount of money it spends on beach replenishment, according to a coalition of environmental and fishing groups. They say that money would be better spent on measures to address repetitive flooding in the northern and central parts of the state.

A woman who drowned a 10-week-old puppy that was found submerged inside a weighted cage in a northern New Jersey pond two years ago has been sentenced to six months in jail.

Nationwide, drivers are paying $1 per gallon more than at this time last year.

A woman from Pennsylvania was arrested in connection with the shocking deaths of her elderly father and his girlfriend in Surf City, announced authorities.

New Jerseyy's two major party candidates for lieutenant governor this year will meet Tuesday in their only debate.